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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichA Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDéjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
Fearless Females
781 books — 933 voters
Framed For Murder by Marla A. WhiteCoyote by Kelly OliverVampire Elite by Irina ArgoThree Strikes, You're Dead by Elena HartwellBlind Corners by Jemir Robert Johnson
Women's Mysteries
74 books — 67 voters

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall SmithThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyMedicus by Ruth DownieThe Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth PetersThe Snowman by Jo Nesbø
Great Mystery Series of the 00's
69 books — 50 voters
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson BraunDog on It by Spencer QuinnThree Bags Full by Leonie SwannWish You Were Here by Rita Mae BrownWine and Dine by Tessa Aura
Animal Detectives
214 books — 48 voters

Amateur City by Katherine V. ForrestThe News in Small Towns by Iza MoreauHunter's Way by Gerri HillMadness in Small Towns by Iza MoreauMurder by Tradition by Katherine V. Forrest
Novels about Lesbian Sleuths
98 books — 41 voters
The Poe Consequence by Keith SteinbaumBloodline by William GraceWe Are Shadows by Gail Grant ParkThe Body in Brú na Bóinne by Gail Grant ParkA Haunting at Hawthorn by Gail Grant Park
Psychic, Spectral or Magical Crime Solvers in Fiction
110 books — 33 voters

The Sage Stone Prophecy by N.S. WikarskiMy Killer Family Reunion by Dinesh ThiruThe Maid by Nita ProseLet Nothing Astonish You by Lauren OpperDeath of an Officer by Mark Ellis
Readalikes: Knives Out
73 books — 25 voters
Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeleonTrouble in Mudbug by Jana DeleonThe Cost of Living by Rachel WardThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeOne for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Best Humorous Cosy Crime Books
122 books — 20 voters

Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe by Karl WigginsMojado by R. Allen ChappellDeadly Holiday Reunion by Lenora WorthEl Moái de Obsidiana by Artemisa AskPeter by Gina Marinello-Sweeney
"Mysteries for the Inspired Traveler"
41 books — 13 voters
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Maid by Nita ProseThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyEveryone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
The 52 Book Club's Mystery Genre Challenge - #12 An Amateur Sleuth
36 books — 13 voters

Chill Run by Russell BrooksDrowning Ophelia by Eva NatsumiThe Assassins Club by Dixon RiceThe Cavalier of the Apocalypse by Susanne AlleynSketches from the Spanish Mustang by Benjamin X. Wretlind
Blood red sheets
21 books — 12 voters
Too Big to Miss by Sue Ann JaffarianGhost a la Mode by Sue Ann JaffarianSympathy for the Devil by Jerrilyn FarmerHooked on Murder by Betty HechtmanMy Dirty California by Jason Mosberg
Southern California Amateur Sleuths
93 books — 6 voters

Murphy's Law by Rhys BowenThe Venice Sketchbook by Rhys BowenDeath of Riley by Rhys BowenCity of Darkness and Light by Rhys BowenWild Irish Rose by Rhys Bowen
Best Book by Rhys Bowen
27 books — 6 voters
A Haunting at Hawthorn by Gail Grant ParkDead Men Don't Conduct by C.C. TraceA Novel Theft by Tessa SilverA Five Star Murder by L.B. DaytonDeath in Denmark by Greta Sinclair
Spring 2026 Cozy Mystery Reads
11 books — 6 voters

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